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What we do

The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty. We are tackling the global challenges of our time including poverty and disease, mass migration, insecurity and conflict. Our work is building a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for people in developing countries and in the UK too.

DFID is a ministerial department, supported by 2 agencies and public bodies.

Read more about what we do

UK aid from the British people

The UK aid logo is used widely in the countries where we work, on items such as health clinics, school books and emergency food supplies, to publicly acknowledge development programmes funded by the UK taxpayer.

Our policies

  1. Economic growth in developing countries
  2. Women and girls in developing countries
  3. Humanitarian emergencies
  4. Peace and stability in the Middle East and North Africa

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Documents

Our announcements

  1. Government pledges to help improve access to UK markets for world’s poorest countries post-Brexit

    • Press release

  2. DFID in the News

    • Government response

See all our announcements

Our consultations

  1. DFID Humanitarian Policy Consultation

    • Closed consultation

  2. Concessional export finance consultation

    • Consultation outcome

See all our consultations

Our publications

  1. DFID Business Appointment Rules

    • Transparency data

  2. Violence against women and girls: Evidence digest June 2017

    • Guidance

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Our statistics

  1. Provisional UK official development assistance as a proportion of gross national income: 2016

    • National Statistics

  2. Statistics on International Development 2016

    • National Statistics

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Our ministers

Our management

Contact DFID

Office address (London)

22 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2EG

Please use the above phone number to contact a named member of staff

Office address (East Kilbride)

Abercrombie House
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA

Please use the above phone number to contact a named member of staff

DFID general enquiries

We aim to respond to all emails within 15 workings days. Where appropriate, we will forward your email to another government department if they are better placed to respond to your enquiry.

Counter Fraud Section

Head of Internal Audit
Abercrombie House,
Eaglesham Road,
East Kilbride

G75 8EA

Your information will be treated in confidence and you do not have to provide your name, however the provision of such information will assist us in taking forward your concerns.

General media queries

Follow the DFID Media office on Twitter - @DFID_Press

Overseas Pensions Department

Overseas Pensions Department
Abercrombie House
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA

We aim to reply within 10 working days. When phoning please ask for Overseas Pensions Department or a named member of staff.

Make an FOI request

  1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request
  2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question
  3. Make a new request by contacting us at:

Freedom of Information requests

Information Rights and Public Enquiries Team
Abercrombie House
Eaglesham Road
East Kilbride
G75 8EA

Corporate information

Jobs and contracts

Read about the types of information we routinely publish in our Publication scheme. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information.